NJ Watchdog: Pension hypocrisy blocks Christie's comeback

For Immediate Release:

An embattled Gov. Chris Christie is trying to regain his political mojo with a new campaign to reform New Jersey's pension system and its $52 billion debt.

But unless Christie fixes his own administration's pension abuses, the governor risks charges of hypocrisy. According to New Jersey Watchdog investigations:

• Louis Goetting, Christie's deputy chief of staff, rakes in $228,860 a year – $140,000 in salary plus $88,860 in pension as a retired state employee.
• Of 60 double-dippers in the executive branch, 19 were hired under Christie, New Jersey Watchdog reported in 2012.
• A subsequent New Jersey Watchdog investigation last year identified 80 State Police retirees who returned to the state payroll full-time as double-dippers.
• Adam Heck, the governor's associate legal counsel, gets a $44,818 a year state disability pension in addition to his $110,000 salary.
• Heck is one of 18 "disabled" state employees who collect salaries for working plus disability pensions because they supposedly can no longer work, New Jersey Watchdog discovered.

The story is now online at New Jersey Watchdog. The direct link is Here